The Financial Intelligence Unit of Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit has made preventive additions to the Blocked Persons List and imposed preventive blocking measures based on reports filed by institutions in the Mexican financial system. The reports stemmed from public allegations made by United States authorities and from alerts issued by Mexican banks, which, because they maintain correspondent relationships with United States financial institutions, flagged clients treated as politically exposed persons under their compliance and monitoring mechanisms. The unit said the measures are strictly preventive and administrative, intended to protect the integrity of the national financial system, and do not constitute a final determination or proof of liability. Persons included on the Blocked Persons List retain the legal safeguards available under applicable law, including the right to be heard and to pursue administrative and judicial remedies. The unit is continuing to review information and documentation related to the politically exposed persons on the list using the same technical, analytical and institutional criteria it applies to any other report from the Mexican financial system.

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